Association of online political participation with social media usage, perceived information quality, political interest and political knowledge among Malaysian youth: Structural equation model analysis

Halim, Hasliza Abdul; Mohamad, Baharom; Dauda, Shamsu Abdu; Azizan, Farah Lina; Akanmu, Muslim Diekola

doi:10.1080/23311886.2021.1964186

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“…Nonetheless, youth participation in multi-levels of political involvement, of formal and informal affiliations are also determined by two other important variables: a) technological means of communication for expressions of ideals, and b) political issues that matter to the generation of the day (Halim et. al.…”

Section: Past Studies On Youth Activism and Political Participationmentioning

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"If there is a Declaration of War, We Welcome the War": Undi-18, TikTok Election and Normalisation of Violence

Razali

Hani

2022

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Malaysia's democracy has come under attack due to the radicalisation of young and first-time voters on social media platforms. The widespread usage of TikTok as a primary campaign battleground by the political parties during the 15th General Election (GE-15) marks the anomaly pattern of first-time youth voters. Moreover, having social media influencers courting youth voters as a pawn in the electoral war is considered an accentuation of provocation of hate speech, endangering the prospect of moderate democracy in Malaysia. This commentary studies such anomalies by interviewing youth from varying socio-economic standing and educational backgrounds across Malaysia. Our research note highlights two crucial areas of unexplored terrain for future research. The first is the immediate need to invest in an emancipatory discourse of civic and political education and unabated expansions of democratic space and rights. Secondly, alarming concerns of electoral terrorism and hate speech via social media unravelled the under-research angles or assumed organic political divisions between analogue generations of corrupted warlords versus digital politics of technocratic youth savvy. Inadvertently, our observation of the 15th GE has discerned an increasing political worrisome pattern of widespread manipulative tendency by politicians, including using Industrial Revolution 4.0 (IR 4.0) technology to predict the voting pattern and understand the population sentiment through social media. We also concluded that tactics employed by the cyber troopers of political parties have significantly manipulated and poisoned the neutrality and perspectives of first-time youth voters.

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Section: Past Studies On Youth Activism and Political Participationmentioning

confidence: 99%

"If there is a Declaration of War, We Welcome the War": Undi-18, TikTok Election and Normalisation of Violence

Razali

Hani

2022

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Measuring Malaysian youth leadership competencies: validation and development of instrument

Mohamad,

Akanmu,

Ponnusamy

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Cogent Social Sciences

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Conceptualizing political information literacy among young people: A systematized review of the literature

Koren

2023

Education, Citizenship and Social

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Political Information Literacy (PIL) is a vital and essential set of skills pre-dominantly discussed in Library and Information Studies disciplines. PIL is necessary to navigate the convoluted political information landscape, including the threats to democracy and the spreading of misinformation, disinformation, and fake news. Having PIL is especially crucial in adolescence and young adulthood as these are prime phases where young people shape their beliefs and attitudes and learn about their political and civic lives. Understanding what it means to have PIL is essential so that educators and practitioners can teach and assess PIL, resulting in young people being able to understand, analyze, critique, and make informed decisions on political information. This systematized review sampled 99 journal articles and conference papers from seven databases in the disciplines affiliated with the social sciences published between 2006 and 2022. The paper discusses how different factors shape and contribute to or hinder young people’s political knowledge, skills, and self-efficacy as they navigate political information. This work sheds light on findings from various countries and a diverse age range of young people in various life stages (13–35). It highlights populations that may have been excluded and provides potential questions that can be further investigated.

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Association of online political participation with social media usage, perceived information quality, political interest and political knowledge among Malaysian youth: Structural equation model analysis

Cited by 5 publications

References 111 publications

"If there is a Declaration of War, We Welcome the War": Undi-18, TikTok Election and Normalisation of Violence

"If there is a Declaration of War, We Welcome the War": Undi-18, TikTok Election and Normalisation of Violence

Measuring Malaysian youth leadership competencies: validation and development of instrument

Conceptualizing political information literacy among young people: A systematized review of the literature

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